[Code 1999 §140.010; Ord. No. 331 §160.510, 3-13-1980]
The City Administrator of the City of Seymour, Missouri, shall
have the duty and responsibility of supervising and controlling the
City cemetery and all additions thereto subject to the rules and regulations
set forth in this Chapter and any and all other ordinances hereinafter
passed by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Seymour, Missouri.
The City Administrator shall have direct charge of the cemetery grounds
and is hereby authorized and empowered to care for and protect the
cemetery grounds and their appurtenances, to enforce the rules and
regulations properly made for the governing of said cemetery, to attend
to repairs and construction of improvements and maintenance of all
permanent improvements and embellishments of any kind which tend to
beautify said cemetery or preserve it permanently as a place of burial
for the human dead, to maintain order in said cemetery, to supervise
and oversee all workmen, visitors and drivers, to expel those who
disregard his/her orders, to inspect all materials sought to be taken
into said cemetery and to refuse entrance thereto when necessary and
to require the prompt removal of all trash and building material as
soon as the buildings or work for which material is used are completed.
In addition, the City Administrator shall possess such further authority
and power as may at any time hereinafter be conferred upon him/her
by ordinance.
[Code 1999 §140.020; Ord. No. 331 §160.511, 3-13-1980; Ord. No. 331A §1, 3-28-1996; Ord. No. 725, 3-10-2016; Ord. No. 788, 10-22-2020]
A.
The City Administrator is hereby authorized to sell lots in the Seymour
Municipal Cemetery at a price of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00)
per cemetery lot which consists of five (5) graves or two hundred
dollars ($200.00) per grave space. The City of Seymour, Missouri,
specifically retains, on all lots or parts of lots in said cemetery,
whether sold under the provisions hereinbefore set forth, or not,
the right of first refusal should the purchaser of any lot or part
of a lot determine to sell said lot or part of a lot. Should the owner
of any lot or part of a lot in the City cemetery wish to sell said
lot or part of a lot, said owner must first give the City thirty (30)
days' written notice of said owner's intention to sell said lot or
part of a lot, during which thirty (30) day period said lot or part
of a lot may be repurchased by the City of Seymour at the price paid
by said owner when said lot or part of a lot was purchased. Should
the City of Seymour, Missouri, determine not to repurchase any lots
or parts of lots so offered, the City shall execute to the owner thereof
a written waiver and refusal to repurchase. No cemetery lot or part
of a lot shall be purchased from any party other than the City of
Seymour, Missouri, without the purchaser receiving a valid written
waiver and refusal to repurchase in advance of the sale.
B.
Grave opening fees are:
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Weekdays
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$200.00
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Saturdays
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$250.00
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Sundays and Holidays
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$300.00
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[Code 1999 §140.030; Ord. No. 331 §160.520, 3-13-1980; Ord. No. 789, 10-22-2020; Ord. No. 801, 11-18-2021]
A.
The
Municipal Cemetery of the City of Seymour, Missouri, shall be governed
by the following rules and regulations, to wit:
1.
All lots or parts of lots in the City cemetery and all additions
thereto shall be held and used in accordance with such rules and regulations
as may by ordinance be provided, whether now in force or hereinafter
enacted, and all owners of lots and parts of lots and their heirs
shall be under and subject to the provisions of said rules and regulations,
or ordinances of the City of Seymour, and the Constitution and laws
of the State of Missouri.
2.
No lot, or part of lot, shall be used for any purpose other than
the burial of the human dead with all graves running in a direction
to be determined by the City Administrator and with the head of all
graves running in the same direction.
3.
No transfer or assignment of any lot or any part thereof, or any interest therein, by any lot owner shall be valid without the owner complying with Section 140.020 of this Chapter and without the written consent of the Mayor and City Clerk first obtained and endorsed upon the instrument evidencing such transfer or assignment and such assignment of transfer entered on the cemetery record in the office of the City Clerk.
4.
No fencing, railing, curbing, or material of whatsoever kind or nature
shall be placed on any lot, or part of lot, for the purpose of defining
the boundaries thereof or for any other purpose and no seat, vase,
wirework, rockwork, decorative material of any kind, or other architectural
object of any kind or nature shall be allowed on or about any lot,
or part of lot, except as expressly provided, in writing, in supplemental
rules and regulations enacted by the City Administrator and posted
at the City Hall and also posted at the cemetery. The City of Seymour
reserves the right to remove any material that has been placed on
the lot for purposes of mowing or any other required maintenance.
5.
No trees, shrubs, plants, vines or flowers of any kind shall be placed
upon any lot or grave; except, however, that the placing of cut flowers
on graves shall be permitted.
6.
Mounds over graves shall not be permitted or allowed but all graves
shall be level with the established grade.
7.
No lot shall be filled above the established grade.
8.
The right is reserved in the sale of any lot, or part of lot, to
remove therefrom anything which in the opinion of the Board of Aldermen
of the City of Seymour, Missouri, conflicts with these rules and regulations.
9.
One (1) marker and monument or tombstone shall be permitted for each
grave and if one (1) marker and/or monument is used to mark or designate
more than one (1) grave, it shall be centered so as to add to the
beauty and conform to the general plan for said cemetery. All markers
or monuments shall be installed under the general supervision of the
City Administrator and shall be set only with the permission of the
City Administrator.
10.
All markers, monuments or tombstones shall be set on concrete foundations
on bases which shall extend at least eighteen (18) inches below the
surface of the ground and shall not extend above the surface of the
ground. Such foundations or bases shall be at least four (4) inches
wider on all sides than the monument, tombstone or marker which is
to be placed on said foundation or base.
11.
The digging of all graves shall be done by the City Administrator,
or under his/her direct supervision and with his/her previously obtained
consent. Prices to be charged by the City Administrator for the opening
of graves, or for the doing of any other work in connection therewith,
shall be set from time to time by the Board of Aldermen of the City
of Seymour, Missouri.
12.
All interments and funeral processions shall be kept upon the established
driveways and all persons present during any funeral shall conduct
themselves properly and in accordance with all rules and regulations
made for the governing of said cemetery.
13.
No chat, gravel or sand shall be used to fill or cover any lot in
the cemetery except under the direction and control of the City Administrator.
14.
A concrete box or vault is required to place the casket in.
15.
No funerals or graveside services shall be scheduled to start after
3:00 p.m.
16.
No internment services shall be allowed on any Saturday if the grave
space has not been selected, identified, or coordinated with the City
of Seymour staff by 10:00 a.m. on the Friday prior to the funeral.
17.
No internment services shall be allowed on any Monday before 1:00
p.m. if the grave space has not been selected, identified, or coordinated
with the City of Seymour staff by 10:00 a.m. on the Friday prior to
the funeral.
18.
There shall be no expectation for a grave space to be selected and
opened in the same day.
19.
The Board of Aldermen may from time to time make any further or additional
rules and regulations for the management, improvement, regulation,
protection and governing of the City cemetery and additions thereto
which are not inconsistent with any ordinance of the City of Seymour,
Missouri, and all rules and regulations so made by said Board of Aldermen
shall have the same force and effect as though passed by ordinance.
20.
All lots or parts of lots must be paid for in advance of their use,
or a valid contract entered into for their purchase, and satisfactory
arrangement must be made with the Superintendent for the payment of
all other charges before use of lots or parts of lots.
21.
Visitors are welcome in the cemetery at all reasonable times, but
everyone is reminded that the cemetery grounds are sacred and that
a strict observance of proper decorum will be required of all.
22.
Pets are not allowed on the cemetery grounds.
[Code 1999 §140.040; Ord. No. 331 §160.525, 3-13-1980]
Any person, firm, corporation, or association who shall violate
any of the rules or regulations of either the Board of Aldermen or
the City Administrator, which may now or hereafter be in force, shall
be guilty of an ordinance violation and upon conviction thereof shall
be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or imprisoned
by a period not exceeding three (3) months, or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
[Code 1999 §140.050; Ord. No. 331 §160.530, 3-13-1980]
The foregoing rules and regulations shall be caused to be published
and delivered to the purchaser of each lot or part of lot in the Municipal
Cemetery.
